JAMES BOPP, JR.1 BOPP, COLESON & BOSTROM THOMAS J. MARZEN (1946-2007) Senior Associates ATTORNEYS AT LAW RICHARD E. COLESON1 (not a partnership) E-MAIL ADDRESSES BARRY A. BOSTROM1 [email protected] [email protected] Associates 1 South Sixth Street [email protected] RAEANNA S. MOORE1 [email protected] JEFFREY P. GALLANT2 TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA 47807-3510 1 [email protected] ANITA Y. WOUDENBERG [email protected] 3 JOSIAH S. NEELEY Telephone 812/232-2434 Facsimile 812/235-3685 [email protected] ____________ 1admitted in Ind. 2admitted in Va. 3admitted in Tex. JAMES BOPP, JR., ESQ. PROFESSION Engaged in the practice of law with the law firm of BOPP, COLESON & BOSTROM with practice emphasis on not-for-profit corporate and tax law, on campaign finance and election law, on the biomedical issues of abortion, foregoing and withdrawing life-sustaining medical treatment and assisted suicide, on federal and state trial and appellate litigation, and on United States Supreme Court practice. GOVERNMENT SERVICE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Member: United States National Commission for UNESCO, 2004 - 2006 Legal Services Corporation, President’s Forum for Legal Services, 1991 Congressional Biomedical Ethics Advisory Committee, 1987 - 1989 National Institutes of Health, Human Fetal Tissue Transplantation Research Panel, 1988 President’s Committee on Mental Retardation, 1984 - 1987 Chairman, Full Citizenship Committee, 1985 - 1987 Delegate: White House Conference on Aging, Washington, D.C., November 30 - December 3, 1981, Appointed by President Ronald Reagan White House Conference on Families, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 19 - 21, 1980, Appointed by President Jimmy Carter Facilitator: U.S. Dept. of Education, Parents as Partners in Education Excellence Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, December 1, 1984 Reviewer: JAMES BOPP, JR. RESUME 1 U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment, LIFE SUSTAINING TECHNOLOGIES AND THE ELDERLY (1987). STATE OF INDIANA State Positions: Deputy Attorney General for the State of Indiana, 1973 - 1975 Law Clerk for Consumer Protection Division of Office of the Indiana Attorney General, 1973 County and Municipal Positions: Vigo County Election Board, 1991 - 1993 Felony Trial Deputy, Vigo County Prosecutor’s Office, 1979 - 1986 Town Attorney, Town of West Terre Haute, Indiana, 1980 - 1983 Special Deputy Prosecutor, Marion County, Prosecutor’s Office, 1977 - 1979 Counsel for Marion County (Indianapolis) Department of Public Welfare, 1976 -1979 Awards: Honorary Attorney General and Advocate of the State of Indiana (Awarded by Attorney General Linley E. Pearson, 1987) INDIANA UNIVERSITY Academic Appointment: Instructor of Commercial Law, Indiana University School of Business, 1977 - 1978 Academic Presentations: Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 5, 2006 Campaign Finance Reform in Focus: Constitutional Issues and Political Realities, The Program on Law and State Government of the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, July 23, 1997 Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana, November 14, 1988 Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana, September 20, 1988 Undergraduate: Bachelor of Arts, 1970, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana Undergraduate Activities: Candidate for President of the Student Body President Pro Tempore of the Student Senate Chairman of Student Senate Committee Chief Justice of J-IFC Judicial Board President of I.U. Chapter of Young Americans for Freedom President Pro Tempore of Great Issues Senate Intercollegiate Debater JAMES BOPP, JR. RESUME 2 Undergraduate Awards: Kappa Sigma Fraternity National Scholarship-Leadership Award Outstanding Graduating Senior Other Activities: IU Student Trustee Search and Screen Committee, 2005, 2007 Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis Moot Court Spring Barrister Tournament Judge Final Round, 2005 IU Men’s Basketball Season Ticket Holder, 1976 - present OTHER GOVERNMENTS Special Assistant Attorney General, State of West Virginia, 1998-2001 Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Louisiana, 1991 - 1993 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS General Counsel, James Madison Center for Free Speech, 1997 - Present President, National Legal Center for the Medically Dependent and Disabled, Inc., 1984 - Present General Counsel, National Right to Life Committee, Inc., 1978 -Present Special Counsel, Focus on the Family, 2004 - Present Profiled in: 80% Success Rate at Supreme Court, Indianapolis Star B-1 (July 2, 2007) The Big Bopper, Exploding the Canons of Judicial Ethics, ABA Journal 30 (Nov. 2006) Law Firms Play the Political Games, Indiana Lawyer 1 (May 18-31, 2005) The Anti-Reformers, National Journal 470 (February 17, 2001) If You Get in Trouble, Who Are You Going to Call?, Roll Call B-31 (January 15, 2001) Lawyers Find Job a Cause, Not a Specialty, The National Law Journal 1 (November 30, 1992) The Terre Haute Bopps Wage War on Abortion, The Criterion 7 (April 10, 1992) Ceaseless Crusader for a Cause, Indianapolis Star B-1 (January 22, 1992) Expert Trial Witness: State of Wisconsin v. Chvala, No. 02-CF-2451 (Cir. Court Dane County, Wisc. 2005) Clayton v. Cheverha, No. GN301481 (Dist. Court Travis County, TX 2004) Consultant: Medical Task Force on Anencephaly, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, 1989 Task Force on Critical Life Issues, Pope John Center, St. Louis, Missouri, 1982 Pope John Center Fetal Tissue Transplantation Task Force, 1992 Admitted: Indiana Supreme Court JAMES BOPP, JR. RESUME 3 United States Supreme Court United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit United States District Court for the District of Colorado United States District Court for the District of Columbia United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin Member: Commissioner, National Conference of Commissioners of Uniform State Laws, 2005 - Present Drafting Committee on the Regulation of Charities, 2007 - Present American Bar Association Working Group on the First Amendment and Judicial Elections Special Advisor, 2002 - 2003 The National Center for State Courts Invited Participant, Symposium on Judicial Campaign Conduct and the First Amendment, 2001 American Bar Association, 1990-93 Advisory Board, Legal Procedures for Handicapped Infants Project, 1985-86 Indiana State Bar Association Health Care Law Committee, 1986 - 1987 Board of Advisors, Indiana Policy Review Foundation, 1992 - Present Terre Haute Bar Association The Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies Co-Chairman, Election Law Subcommittee, Free Speech & Election Law Practice Group, 1996 - 2005 Other Positions: Partner, law firm of Brames, Bopp, Abel & Oldham, Terre Haute, Indiana, 1979 - 1992 Partner, law firm of Bopp & Fife, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1975 - 1979 Executive Director, United Conservatives of Indiana, 1975 - 1977 Law Clerk, law firm of Dix, Patrick, Ratcliffe & Adamson, Terre Haute, Indiana, 1972 Director, Summer Journalism School, HUMAN EVENTS, Washington, D.C., 1971 Journalism Intern, HUMAN EVENTS, Washington, D.C., 1969 JAMES BOPP, JR. RESUME 4 Assistant Camp Director, Camp Krietenstein, Boy Scouts of America, Poland, Indiana, 1968 ACADEMIC RECORD Conference Chairman: Chairman, Buckley v. Valeo Revisited: Are Existing Campaign Contribution Limits Consistent With the First Amendment?, The Federalist Society, Washington, D.C., September 10, 1999 Chairman, Long-Term Services in the ‘90s: Life-Affirming or Life-Limiting?, Marquette University, April 20-22, 1995 Chairman, Life, Liberty & Access: Disability Rights & Health Care Ethics, Virginia Commonwealth University, April 14-16, 1994 Chairman, The New Right to Die: Self-Determination or Social Imperative?, Loyola University at New Orleans, April 15-17, 1993 Chairman, Life and Death After Cruzan, Loyola University at New Orleans, April 8, 10, and 11, 1992 Chairman, Conference on Current Controversies in the Right to Live, the Right to Die III, The Catholic University of America, School of Law, April 11, 12 and 13, 1991 Chairman, Conference on Current Controversies in the Right to Live, the Right to Die II, The Catholic University of America, School of Law, April 26, 27 and 28, 1990 Chairman, Conference on Current Controversies in the Right to Live, the Right to Die, The Catholic University of America, School of Law, April 13, 14, and 15, 1989 Chairman, Conference on Health Treatment Rights, HIV and AIDS, University of Chicago, May 19, 20, and 21, 1988 Chairman, Assisting Suicide Conference, Stanford University Medical School, April 2, 3, and 4, 1987 Chairman, Providing Nutrition and Hydration to Patients Conference, Loyola University at New Orleans School of Law, April 10, 11 and 12, 1986 Chairman, The